Notorious cyberactivist collective Anonymous made their presence felt not long after the people of St. Louis and Ferguson, Mo. rose up in protest of Mike Brown’s murder. They began with a list of demands, proceeded to shut down city websites and email, and even leaked what the group claims arepictures inside the home of St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar.

Today, a purported member of the collective has released what they say are the audio files of police dispatch and EMS recordings from during the August 9 shooting to the public. With nearly two hours of audio, the recordings may provide some clarity and detail to the exact events of the tragic shooting in the face of silence from police and city officials in Ferguson.

If this is authenticated and proven to be legit, this may serve as a banner turning point for Anonymous.
I’ve followed ANON for a few years now. and previously, ANON–like the Occupy Movement really only focused on issues and entities as they pertained to Whites. They’ve been noticeably absent on issues of police brutality, survellience, and other injustices targeting Blacks and POCs.

That they got worked up enough to go in on Ferguson PD is, is in a word “surprising”.

I disagree with the entire notion that those issues pertains to whites only. As a STEM major, the issues Anonymous talked about are quite important to every day society, regardless of color. What happened to Aaron Swartz could happen to anyone. Attacking the idea of SOPA isn’t an issue that pertains to white only. Them coming out attacking the Westboro Baptist Church in order to defend Sandy Hook was a good thing, no matter how you wanna spin it. They’ve also been pretty open about being against government surveillance, which effects everyone, not just minorities.

Tend to agree. I’ve watched them for years as well. They don’t seem to be racially motivated from everything I’ve seen. Moreso involved in police stuff, people’s constitutional rights being violated, etc. Those ideals tend to supersede race.

However, I can dig what you’re saying b/c I can’t immediately rattle off situations that were largely “black issues” and they got involved.

For the most part, Anon and other hacktivist organizations like them always suffer from the issue of having no direction or leadership and as such, there’s a lot of shit that’s. officially stamped by anon and others that come from people who claim to be anon, but really not. I’ve always been on the fence about white hat hacking, simply because there’s always unintended consequences to it, but sometimes, you gotta do what you think it’s right, even when it may be wrong.

Using military weapons and tactics on unarmed protesters is a good way to rile up the anti government movement. This movement has probably doubled in numbers since ’08 and officials didn’t really care. They will now.

Government officials are going to keep silent about this too. Republicans, who rely heavily on the movement for anti-Obama votes, are going to deny that this even happened after a couple of months…

Oh, in case anyone is curious as to why Anon act regarding this case, there’s another video with their reasoning. If there’s one redeeming quality about tech culture and the people involved, it’s that they value meritocracy more that other social groups. That’s not to say there is not a racial gap when it comes to technology and the people that’s interested in it, but those people are always the last ones I have to worry about looking at me some type of way because of my skin color.

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There is a video of a EMS unit on scene shortly after the incident happened, so I dispute your claim that they were called several hours later!! EMS was actually pulled back after the Paramedic declared
un-savable. Once they are declared they are not allowed to move the victim until the coroner has got his information for the investigation. Perhaps EMS was called in several hours later to remove the body. If you knew the protocol of Police and EMS you would have a better Idea of how they operate instead of string SHIT!! Lets wait to see how the investigation plays out.

Why is it when people protest they have to Riot, Lude and cause unwarranted destruction to property.. if you want to march down the street, Fine! but why is it that people wear bandanas over there face as they Break windows and take contents from the store (without Paying)? I don’t get it! what is the point they are trying to prove? and I am not just talking about this case, any time something happens to a black person, there is a protest which turns into a Riot! I don’t get, can someone clarify the reasoning..

Should the police just stand by and not do anything and just allow it to go on? or do what they are sworn to do, Protect the Community for which they serve.